Post by Gilvan Blight on Jan 4, 2008 11:24:17 GMT -5
After opening my copy of Battlelore I got for Xmas I noticed a registration code for the Days of Wonder Website. After the smoke had cleared and a couple of days of rest had gone by I checked the site out and registred my game. When doing so I found something rather cool.
It ends up that Days of Wonder has set up online verions of some of their games, most noticibly the Ticket to Ride series. By registering my game I got 6 months free access to play games online on their website. How cool is that?
Even cooler, they are tracking the number of games played and that number is nearing 10,000,000 games played, and due to that DoW is having a contest where the people involved in the 10,000,000th game win a ton of stuff including every Ticket to Ride version.
Here some more details from the newsletter I received:
"If you've visited our recently updated website, you probably noticed a new feature on the home page. The Online Games Counter, which displays the total number of online games that have been played on the Days of Wonder website since the very beginning. You'll also notice that we are edging closer to reaching the 10,000,000th game played.
To celebrate this milestone, we are awarding all the players who participate in the 10 Millionth game with a free copy of every version of Ticket to Ride, plus their choice of any other (currently available) Days of Wonder game.
Every registered player or guest is eligible and while it will take a lot of luck the only thing you need to do to have a chance to win is to play any of your favorite Days of Wonder Online games including any of the Ticket to Ride games, Gang of Four, Fist of Dragonstones or Queen's Necklace.
To be eligible to win, your game can only include "live" players, either registered players or guests - no games against bots will count and your game must be completed.
We'll contact the lucky winners via email after the 10 Millionth game is completed.
Because of the high volume of online games played and the varying speeds of web page updates, it's highly unlikely that the online game counter on the home page will exactly reflect the current game being started. So trying to time your game exactly is probably not an effective strategy. Just keep playing and good luck!
The Online Team at Days of Wonder
Complete rules:
blog.daysofwonder.com/10mcontest-rules/en
It ends up that Days of Wonder has set up online verions of some of their games, most noticibly the Ticket to Ride series. By registering my game I got 6 months free access to play games online on their website. How cool is that?
Even cooler, they are tracking the number of games played and that number is nearing 10,000,000 games played, and due to that DoW is having a contest where the people involved in the 10,000,000th game win a ton of stuff including every Ticket to Ride version.
Here some more details from the newsletter I received:
"If you've visited our recently updated website, you probably noticed a new feature on the home page. The Online Games Counter, which displays the total number of online games that have been played on the Days of Wonder website since the very beginning. You'll also notice that we are edging closer to reaching the 10,000,000th game played.
To celebrate this milestone, we are awarding all the players who participate in the 10 Millionth game with a free copy of every version of Ticket to Ride, plus their choice of any other (currently available) Days of Wonder game.
Every registered player or guest is eligible and while it will take a lot of luck the only thing you need to do to have a chance to win is to play any of your favorite Days of Wonder Online games including any of the Ticket to Ride games, Gang of Four, Fist of Dragonstones or Queen's Necklace.
To be eligible to win, your game can only include "live" players, either registered players or guests - no games against bots will count and your game must be completed.
We'll contact the lucky winners via email after the 10 Millionth game is completed.
Because of the high volume of online games played and the varying speeds of web page updates, it's highly unlikely that the online game counter on the home page will exactly reflect the current game being started. So trying to time your game exactly is probably not an effective strategy. Just keep playing and good luck!
The Online Team at Days of Wonder
Complete rules:
blog.daysofwonder.com/10mcontest-rules/en